Wednesday, September 14, 2016

My life revolved around two things. Football and my cock. And not
necessarily in that order.

Being the head football coach for a top university in Texas had its
ups and its downs.

The ups? Endless women to f*ck.

The downs? The politics that came with the job.

From the moment Aubrey Cain walked into my office, she turned my
world upside down. Being forced to have her follow me around for a month was
going to be a pain in the ass. Especially since I couldn’t keep my eyes off of
her.

The best I’d hoped to come out of this was a few nights with her in
my bed. I never imagined she’d be the game changer.

Brett Owens was my
assignment.

Head football coach for a
top college, bad boy reputation, short temper, and handsome good looks should
have scared me off. But I was tougher than that.

From the first words out of
his obnoxious, dirty-talking mouth, I knew it was going to be a long month. It
wasn’t five minutes after meeting him, he hit on me. If only I had known his
blue eyes would haunt my dreams and awaken a desire inside of me I never knew
existed.

This was business. There
was no way I would be tempted by him no matter how good looking he was or how
many things he whispered in my ear.

He was only supposed to be
my assignment. Not the man who threatened to destroy both my heart and my
career. I would follow along with his playbook for
now. But who would end up winning was anyone’s guess.

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I flipped through the endless
pages of notes until I found a blank page.

“So, I’m assuming since it’s
spring training, I’ll be granted full access to the stadium.” Peeking up at
Brett, I added, “That includes the locker rooms.”

His jaw muscles flexed and I
couldn’t help but smile. “I’d like to really observe you, Mr. Owens, for the
first week or two here at work. Really get an understanding of your work habits
and ethics with the team and, of course, your habits away from the team as
well.”

His lips parted to say something,
but Mr. Stevenson coughed and Brett shut his mouth.

“This piece is going to be about
getting to know Brett Owens. Three-time national championship winner. Youngest
head football coach in college football, and rumored ladies’ man.”

“What?” Brett gasped, nearly
chocking on his own spit.

I shrugged and flipped through my
notes where I found a reference to picture in People magazine.

“Yes, here it is. A picture of
you with two women on your arms exiting a bar in downtown Austin. I believe it
was on New Year’s Eve.” I held it up for him to see.

His eyes narrowed and I swear
they turned black. “What in the hell do you have written down in that book?”

When his hand combed through his
hair, I felt a tug in my lower stomach that I quickly pushed aside.

“Yes, that notebook, Aubrey! I
don’t see another notebook on the fucking table.”

My head drew back with raised
eyebrows. I quickly flipped back to the empty page and wrote a note.

Curses like a damn sailor.

“Wh-what are you writing?”

I couldn’t help but feel giddy
knowing I was getting to him. “Just taking some notes, that’s all.”

Brett leaned closer to me as I
covered the note with my hand. “What did you say? I saw sailor written down!”

I flashed him an evil smile which
only irritated him more, causing him to curse more under his breath.

Mr. Stevenson sighed heavily next
to me. “Oh, for the love of God. The two of you are going to have to learn to
play nice. Your boss, Ms. Cain, and the president of the university, want this
thing to happen. Now I hope you will shine a more positive light on Mr. Owens
and not focus on his… on his um—”

Brett and I both looked at him,
anxiously waiting for him to finish his sentence.

“On my what?” Brett questioned.

With a roll of his eyes, Mr.
Stevenson answered, “On the colorful lifestyle you lead outside of work.”

“That was gently put,” I mumbled.

“Ms. Cain,” Mr. Stevenson
started.

“Please, call me Aubrey.”

He nodded. “Aubrey, you will have
full access so getting in places will not be an issue. I advise you to stick
close to Brett until you learn your way around.”

“Thank you, Mr. Stevenson.”

“Pat will be fine.”

“Pat, it is.”

“Now, I believe, Brett, you have
a staff meeting at noon.”

I swear it looked like Brett was
sitting over there pouting. It probably killed him he had no safe-zone to hide
in. I was going to be stuck to him like glue. Oh, this made me all kinds of
happy right now.

“Yeah. It’s at noon.”

Pat stood. “Good, show Aubrey
around and to the office she’ll be using.”

My heart skipped a beat in my
chest. “Thank you, Pat. That means a lot to me to have a place to work while
I’m here. That’s very thoughtful of you.”

He looked at Brett and then me.
“Don’t thank me, thank Brett. It was his idea.”

My head snapped to the side as I
looked at him. That was totally unexpected, and I couldn’t hide the fact that
it made my chest tighten some.